Climate averages 1991–2020
Shimla weather
in July.
A mild, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Shimla: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 378 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 57 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chandigarh (55 km away). In July its highs average 32.0°C, 10.3°C warmer than Shimla, with 186 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shimla ranks 689th of 692 for the warmest July highs and 598th of 692 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 692 cities is 31.0°C; Shimla is 9.3°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 378 mm to 352 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Shimla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 85 | 8.7 | 10.410 h |
| February | 10.8°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 109 | 10.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 15.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 112 | 13.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.7°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 98 | 12.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 23.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 76 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 23.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 160 | 17.0 | 14.114 h |
| July, selected | 21.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 378 | 28.2 | 14.014 h |
| August | 21.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 352 | 27.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 20.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 193 | 18.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.3°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 33 | 6.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 22 | 3.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.9°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 30 | 4.3 | 10.210 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Chandigarh in JulyIndia · 55 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Panchkula in JulyIndia · 55 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Mohali in JulyIndia · 63 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 186 mm rain
- Kharar in JulyIndia · 64 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 186 mm rain
- Rajpura in JulyIndia · 89 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 26.0°C · 199 mm rain
- Ambāla in JulyIndia · 90 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 257 mm rain
- Ambala Sadar in JulyIndia · 90 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 25.9°C · 257 mm rain
- Gobindgarh in JulyIndia · 96 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 26.1°C · 227 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Shimla) is explained once on the Shimla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.